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Poetry Editing: A Rubric

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Poetry Editing: A Rubric

By Joe Weil

After writing a poem (never during or before the poem), ask yourself these questions.

Sep
13
2012
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After writing a poem (never during or before the poem), ask yourself these questions.

Poem of the Week: Alison Rogers Napoleon

by Colie Hoffman Poems of the Week

Poem of the Week: Alison Rogers Napoleon

By Colie Hoffman

[Cycle]

Mar
09
2012
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[Cycle]

Didactic Sonnet

by Joe Weil Academia

Didactic Sonnet

By Joe Weil

If Plato came back today and saw the workshop, craft obsessed nature of poetics, he’d give his approval, but not for reasons poets might like: Plato would approve because the stupidity of inspiration has been removed from the writing of poems.

Aug
02
2011
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If Plato came back today and saw the workshop, craft obsessed nature of poetics, he’d give his approval, but not for reasons poets might like: Plato would approve because the stupidity of inspiration has been removed from the writing of poems.

The Practice of Poetry

by Gene Tanta Academia

The Practice of Poetry

By Gene Tanta

The poetry lesson is that poetry is a practice.

Jul
19
2011
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The poetry lesson is that poetry is a practice.

An Open Letter to James Franco

by Eric Kocher Academia

An Open Letter to James Franco

By Eric Kocher

Being in workshop with you isn’t going to make me famous, nor am I going to end up on Judd Apatow’s speed dial, no matter how good the on-screen chemistry between me and Seth Rogan might be…

May
09
2011
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Being in workshop with you isn’t going to make me famous, nor am I going to end up on Judd Apatow’s speed dial, no matter how good the on-screen chemistry between me and Seth Rogan might be…

Poem of the Week: Adam Tessier

by Genevieve Burger-Weiser Poems of the Week

Poem of the Week: Adam Tessier

By Genevieve Burger-Weiser

[Dead reckoning]

Apr
14
2011
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[Dead reckoning]

Kenneth Burke: Do you Eros into Logos? (with a note on Tu Fu)

by Micah Towery Poetry and Poetics

Kenneth Burke: Do you Eros into Logos? (with a note on Tu Fu)

By Micah Towery

Poets who write for self-expression write awful poetry. They don’t seek advice but affirmation.

Mar
18
2011
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Poets who write for self-expression write awful poetry. They don’t seek advice but affirmation.

Gatekeepers of Literary Greatness

by Joe Weil Academia

Gatekeepers of Literary Greatness

By Joe Weil

The more things same, the more they same the change.
Things change by staying the same.
Things stay the same by changing.

Dec
08
2010
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The more things same, the more they same the change.
Things change by staying the same.
Things stay the same by changing.

The Lyric Workshop, Session 1: Theme From Shaft

by Sarah V. Schweig Academia

The Lyric Workshop, Session 1: Theme From Shaft

By Sarah V. Schweig

PROFESSOR: Mary Ann, would you mind reading your poem aloud so that we can hear it in your own voice?

MARY ANN: Absolutely. Ahem.

Who’s the black private dick
That’s a sex machine to all the chicks?
SHAFT!
Ya damn right!

Feb
24
2010
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PROFESSOR: Mary Ann, would you mind reading your poem aloud so that we can hear it in your own voice?

MARY ANN: Absolutely. Ahem.

Who’s the black private dick
That’s a sex machine to all the chicks?
SHAFT!
Ya damn right!